The Eight Great Cuisines Of ChinaVarying from region to region, Chinese cuisine is rich, elaborate and diverse. Chinese cuisine dates back thousands of years, and has evolved with shifts in climate, culture and produce. These differences across the country have given rise to eight distinct regional cuisines, Sichuan, Hunan, Cantonese, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shandong.